Sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass were associated with about five-times more weight loss than weekly injections of GLP-1 ...

The after-effects of a gastric bypass drove Penny Stadick to learn all she could about herbs and aromatherapy. Now the ...

The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher ...

Research led by the Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany has ...

Initially, the trial included two arms: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding, and sleeve gastrectomy was added at 2.6 years after initiation when it became widely available in ...

Adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are more likely to lose 50% or more of their excess body weight than those who undergo sleeve gastrectomy or gastric banding, according to data from the ...

However, sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass did not significantly differ in terms of mean percentage total weight loss ...

About The Study: After more than 10 years of follow-up in the Swiss Multicenter Bypass or Sleeve Study randomized clinical trial, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass demonstrated superiority over ...